By Thai Newsroom Reporters CERTAIN ELEMENTS OF a powerful regime in Phnom Penh could possibly have masterminded clandestine, cross-border missions to fatally muffle Cambodian dissidents abroad with yesterday’s murder of a former Khmer MP in Bangkok for instance, Fair MP Kannavee Suebsang said today (Jan.8). The Thai lawmaker was responding to the killing of
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Big hunt for hitman in murder of former Cambodian MP, target pointer likely involved
POLICE are urgently hunting for a suspect in the murder of a former Cambodian MP in the heart of Bangkok last evening (Jan. 7) while certain he was helped by a second person who pointed out the target with this person possibly being a member of the same tour group, TV Channel 7 said
Read moreArrest warrant out for hired gun who shot dead former Cambodian MP in Bangkok
THE Criminal Court this morning (Jan. 8) approved a warrant for the arrest of a hired gun who goes by the name “Sergeant Em Kongruea” on the charges of killing former Cambodian opposition MP Lim Kimya, 74, in the heart of Bangkok last evening, Amarin TV and TV Channel 7 said. Chana Songkhram police
Read moreHoodwinked Chinese actor crosses back to Thailand
A CHINESE actor who disappeared at Thai-Myanmar border along Mae Sot last Friday (Jan. 3) said after being brought back to Thailand by Karen soldiers that another Chinese man had tricked into accepting work and he only realized after crossing the border to Myanmar that he had been conned by dared not resist, Naewna
Read moreWhatever Thaksin may have said might not necessarily happen: Paetongtarn
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PAETONGTARN Shinawatra said today (Jan. 7) whatever her father/de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra may have said in regard to government policy matters might not necessarily happen in response to his word. The woman prime minister told reporters at Government House today her father was undoubtedly free
Read moreChinese actor found in Myawaddy but was not kidnapped
THAI security agencies said at 12.50 p.m. today (Jan. 7) that a Chinese actor who disappeared after flying to Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport from Shanghai has been found in Myanmar and the Border Guard Force said he was not kidnapped, Naewna newspaper said. The actor would likely be handed over at around 2 p.m. today
Read moreWarning signs emerge as Thai visitor arrivals fail to hit 2019 ‘normalcy’ level
PRELIMINARY visitor arrivals stats for 2024 show that Thailand ended the year below expectations. In fact, they are fraught with early-warning danger signs about the future growth prospects of Thai tourism in a rapidly changing and highly unstable operating environment, locally, regionally and globally. The preliminary stats show that Thailand ended 2024 with 35,545,714
Read moreRuam Thai Sang Chart tipped to split up after Pirapan’s anticipated ouster
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE RUAM THAI SANG CHART could possibly disintegrate after Pirapan Salirathavibhaga, leader of the military-installed party, is ousted as energy minister from the Pheu Thai-led government in the next few months, according to partisan sources. De facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra would prefer to keep the Ruam Thai Sang
Read moreChinese actor missing at Mae Sot after being tricked into joining a shoot here
A CHINESE actor’s girlfriend posted a message on Sina Weibo social media platform that he had been tricked into travelling to Thailand to film a drama before disappearing at Thai-Myanmar border with the Chinese consulate in Chiang Mai confirming that he went missing in Mae Sot, Naewna newspaper and Global Times said this afternoon
Read moreSpanish tourist killed by ‘panic-stricken’ elephant at Thai sanctuary
By Agencies and published by CNA A “PANIC-STRICKEN” elephant killed a Spanish tourist while she was bathing the animal at a sanctuary in southern Thailand, local police said on Monday (Jan. 6). On Friday, Blanca Ojanguren García, 23, was washing the animal at the Koh Yao Elephant Care Centre in the Koh Yao district
Read moreThaksin confident Thailand will be debt-free by 2027
DE FACTO Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra said at a rally for his party’s candidate in the upcoming election for Chiang Rai’s Provincial Administrative Organization chairman today (Jan. 5) that he is confident Thailand will be debt-free by 2027, TV Channel 7 said this evening. In drumming up support for Mrs. Salakcharit Tiyapairat in
Read moreNavy rescues 6 foreign kayakers off Koh Chang
THE THAI navy’s Marine Safety Centre at Koh Chang rescued six tourists after one kayak capsized and another almost followed suit today (Jan. 5) with all of them safe and only one suffering a minor injury, Naewna newspaper said. At around 12.30 p.m. a kayak four Czech tourists were paddling in the area between
Read morePirapan tipped to be kicked out of Pheu Thai-led cabinet
By Thai Newsroom Reporters ENERGY MINISTER PIRAPAN Salirathavibhaga is currently speculated to be kicked out of the Pheu Thai-led cabinet sooner or later within this month, a partisan source said over the weekend. Pirapan, who concurrently performs as leader of the military-installed Ruam Thai Sang Chart under de facto guidance of former army chief-turned-prime
Read moreThailand hopeful four fishermen still jailed in Myanmar will soon be freed
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE FOUR THAI fishermen were not yet released today (Dec. 4) from prison in Myanmar’s Kawthaung township across the shared border from Ranong, police said. The Thai crewmembers of trawlers who had been arrested on maritime infringement charges by Myanmar authorities in the southern border township on Nov. 30 and
Read moreCaptured fishermen not among 151 Thais released on Myanmar Independence Day
By Naewna and AP – published by Yahoo!News ALTHOUGH Myanmar released 151 Thais today (Jan. 4) in marking its 77th anniversary of independence from Britain the four Thai fishermen captured by Myanmar navy in an attack on Thai trawlers on Nov. 30 and now sentenced to four to six years in jail were not
Read morePets start enjoying train rides on Red Line route
THAILAND’S first pet friendly train project kicked off today (Jan. 4) with owners of dogs and cats allowed to bring them along on the Red Line route but only on weekends, TV Channel 7 said. This project has been launched by the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) in collaboration with National Institute of Development
Read moreChina steps up monitoring of emerging respiratory diseases: Report
By Hindustan Times A SEASONAL rise in respiratory illnesses in China is drawing significant attention this year, especially on social media. The focus stems from unfounded comparisons to the Covid-19 pandemic, which began five years ago. The World Health Organization (WHO) highlighted the increase in cases in a November bulletin, noting that respiratory infections
Read moreOff-duty policeman fatally shot while trying to stop a fight
AN off-duty Crime Suppression Division policeman was shot seven times and later died at the hospital after intervening in a fight between a foreigner and a Thai mechanic at Bangkok’s Sai Mai district last night (Jan. 3), Amarin TV said. At around 8 p.m., a police team from Sai Mai station rushed to the
Read more9 foreign tourists hurt as tree falls on bus in Kanchanaburi
NINE of 30 foreign tourists from various countries got injured after a partly-felled tree toppled on their bus as it was travelling on Kanchanaburi-Erawan Falls route today (Jan. 3), Naewna newspaper said. At 10 a.m. Pol. Lt. Col. Maniphat Phengkret, an investigator at Lat Ya police station, was informed of a tree falling on
Read morePaetongtarn reported to possess 13.8 billion baht in wealth
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PAETONGTARN Shinawatra was officially reported today (Jan. 3) to be a billionaire national figure with some 13.8 billion baht in wealth. Paetongtarn, daughter of de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra, was officially reported to have 13.8 billion baht in varied categories of assets, compared to 147 million
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